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38 U.S.C. § 7613 — Scholarship
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**(a)** A scholarship provided to a participant in the Scholarship Program for a school year under the Scholarship Program shall consist of payment of the tuition of the participant for that school year, payment of other reasonable educational expenses (including fees, books, and laboratory expenses) for that school year, and a stipend determined under subsection (b) of this section.
**(b)** A stipend under this section for a school year shall be payment to the participant of not in excess of $485 per month (adjusted in accordance with [section 7631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7631&num=0&edition=prelim)) for each of the 12 consecutive months beginning with the first month of the school year, except that a stipend may not be paid to a participant who is a full-time employee of the Department. The stipend of a participant who is a part-time student shall be adjusted as provided in sections 7614(1) and 7614(2) of this title.
**(c)** The Secretary may arrange with an educational institution in which a participant in the Scholarship Program is enrolled for the payment to the educational institution of the amounts of tuition and other reasonable educational expenses described in subsection (a) of this section. Such payments may be made without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** A scholarship provided to a participant in the Scholarship Program for a school year under the Scholarship Program shall consist of payment of the tuition of the participant for that school year, payment of other reasonable educational expenses (including fees, books, and laboratory expenses) for that school year, and a stipend determined under subsection (b) of this section.
**(b)** A stipend under this section for a school year shall be payment to the participant of not in excess of $485 per month (adjusted in accordance with [section 7631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7631&num=0&edition=prelim)) for each of the 12 consecutive months beginning with the first month of the school year, except that a stipend may not be paid to a participant who is a full-time employee of the Department. The stipend of a participant who is a part-time student shall be adjusted as provided in sections 7614(1) and 7614(2) of this title.
**(c)** The Secretary may arrange with an educational institution in which a participant in the Scholarship Program is enrolled for the payment to the educational institution of the amounts of tuition and other reasonable educational expenses described in subsection (a) of this section. Such payments may be made without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Subject to subsection (b) (in the case of any employee) and sections 4314 and 4315 (in the case of an employee of the Federal Government), a person entitled to reemployment under section 4312, upon completion of a period of service in the uniformed services, shall be promptly reemployed in a position of employment in accordance with the following order of priority:
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a person whose period of service in the uniformed services was for less than 91 days—
(A) in the position of employment in which the person would have been employed if the continuous employment of such person with the employer had not been interrupted by such service, the duties of which the person is qualified to perform; or
(B) in the position of employment in which the person was employed on the date of the commencement of the service in the uniformed services, only if the person is not qualified to perform the duties of the position referred to in subparagraph (A) after reasonable efforts by the employer to qualify the person.
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), in the case of a person whose period of service in the uniformed services was for more than 90 days—
(A) in the position of employment in which the person would have been employed if the continuous employment of such person with the employer had not been interrupted by such service, or a position of like seniority, status and pay, the duties of which the person is qualified to perform; or
(B) in the position of employment in which the person was employed on the date of the commencement of the service in the uniformed services, or a position of like seniority, status and pay, the duties of which the person is qualified to perform, only if the person
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**(a)** Except as provided in this section, a payment under a contract to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government may not be more than the value of the service already provided or the article already delivered.
**(b)** An advance of public money may be made only if it is authorized by—
(1) a specific appropriation or other law; or
(2) the President to be made to—
(A) a disbursing official if the President decides the advance is necessary to carry out—
(i) the duties of the official promptly and faithfully; and
(ii) an obligation of the Government; or
(B) an individual serving in the armed forces at a distant station if the President decides the advance is necessary to disburse regularly pay and allowances.
**(c)** Before the Secretary of the Treasury acts on a requisition for an advance, the Comptroller General shall act on the requisition under [section 3522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3522&num=0&edition=prelim). The Comptroller General does not countersign a requisition for an advance.
**(d)** The head of an agency may pay in advance from appropriations available for the purpose—
(1) to the Secretary of the Army, charges for messages sent by the Secretary of the Army for the head of the agency, including charges for—
(A) payment of tolls of commercial carriers;
(B) leasing facilities for sending messages; and
(C) installing and maintaining facilities for sending messages; and
(2) charges for a publication printed or recorded in any way for the auditory or visual use of the agency.
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**(a)**
(1) Whenever there is a general Federal pay increase, the Secretary shall increase the maximum monthly stipend amount, the maximum tuition reimbursement amount, the maximum Selected Reserve member stipend amount, the maximum employee incentive scholarship amount, the maximum education debt reduction payments amount, and the maximum specialty education loan repayment amount. Any such increase shall take effect with respect to any school year that ends in the fiscal year in which the pay increase takes effect.
(2) The amount of any increase under paragraph (1) of this subsection is the previous maximum amount under that paragraph multiplied by the overall percentage of the adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule made under the general Federal pay increase. Such amount shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $1.
**(b)** For purposes of this section:
(1) The term “maximum monthly stipend amount” means the maximum monthly stipend that may be paid to a participant in the Scholarship Program specified in [section 7613(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7613/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and as previously adjusted (if at all) in accordance with this section.
(2) The term “maximum tuition reimbursement amount” means the maximum amount of tuition reimbursement provided to a participant in the Tuition Reimbursement Program specified in [section 7622(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7622/e&num=0&edition=prelim) and as previously adjusted (if at all) in accordance with this section.
(3) The term “maximum Selected Reserve member stipend amount” means the maximum amount of assistance provided to a person receiving assistance under sub
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**(a)** A participant in the Scholarship Program (other than a participant described in subsection (b) of this section) who fails to accept payment, or instructs the educational institution in which the participant is enrolled not to accept payment, in whole or in part, of a scholarship under the agreement entered into under [section 7603 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7603&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be liable to the United States for liquidated damages in the amount of $1,500. Such liability is in addition to any period of obligated service or other obligation or liability under the agreement.
**(b)** A participant in the Scholarship Program shall be liable to the United States for the amount which has been paid to or on behalf of the participant under the agreement if any of the following occurs:
(1) The participant fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which the participant is enrolled (as determined by the educational institution under regulations prescribed by the Secretary).
(2) The participant is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary reasons.
(3) The participant voluntarily terminates the course of training in such educational institution before the completion of such course of training.
(4) In the case of a participant who is enrolled in a program or education or training leading to employment as a physician, the participant fails to successfully complete post-graduate training leading to eligibility for board certification in a specialty.
(5) The participant fails to become licensed to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, or optometry in a State, fails to become licensed as a registered nurse in a State,
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7613
years for which a scholarship may be provided
under this subchapter shall be the number of
school years provided for as a result of the ex-
tension.
(3) In the case of a participant who is a part-
time student—
(A) the period of obligated service shall be
reduced in accordance with the proportion
that the number of credit hours carried by
such participant in any such school year bears
to the number of credit hours required to be
carried by a full-time student in the course of
training being pursued by the participant, but
in no event to less than one year; and
(B) the agreement shall include the partici-
pant’s agreement to maintain employment,
while enrolled in such course of education or
training, as a Department employee perma-
nently assigned to a Department health-care
facility.
(4) If a participant’s period of obligated service
is deferred under section 7616(b)(3)(A)(i) of this
title, the agreement terms under paragraph (1)
of this subsection shall provide for the partici-
pant to serve any additional period of obligated
service that is prescribed by the Secretary under
section 7616(b)(4)(B) of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20,
1988, 102 Stat. 520, § 4312; amended Pub. L.
101–237, title II, § 207(a), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat.
2068; renumbered § 7612 and amended Pub. L.
102–40, title IV, §§ 402(b)(1), (d)(1), 403(b)(4), May
7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238, 239; Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3),
(4), (b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405;
Pub. L. 102–405, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 9, 1992, 106
Stat. 1983; Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(b)(1),
Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682; Pub. L. 111–163, title
VI, § 603(b), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1173; Pub. L.
113–146, title III,
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